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FOLLOWING A DEATH IN A FAMILY, THERE WILL BE A BIRTH.
AND THE NEWBORN WILL HAVE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AS
THE DECEASED HAD.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S NEPHEW WAS BORN AFTER THE DEATH OF HER
BROTHER AND FATHER. PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE ELDER MEN ALWAYS
SAY HOW MUCH THE NEPHEW IS LIKE THEM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 04-00-1983

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